New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 9 January 2023

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FamilySearch expanded its free online archives this week (9 January 2023) with new database of United States Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers 1784–1858, 1899–1901 and hundreds of thousands of new indexed family history records from Belarus, France, the USA and Zimbabwe. New historical records were also added from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, and countries all over the world. Click on the links below to begin searching these new records.

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ArgentinaArgentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971

1,793

0

Expanded collection 
ArgentinaArgentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977

583

0

Expanded collection 
ArgentinaArgentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975

1,029

0

Expanded collection 
ArgentinaArgentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1975

3,495

0

Expanded collection 
BelarusBelarus, Grodno Church Books, 1649-1915

249,995

0

Expanded collection 
BelarusBelarus, Minsk Church Books, 1700-1965

185,868

0

Expanded collection 
BoliviaBolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996

7,768

0

Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949

1,085

0

Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995

380

0

Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996

9,211

0

Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006

3,708

0

Expanded collection 
BrazilBrazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999

485

0

Expanded collection 
ChileChile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015

10,474

0

Expanded collection 
ChileChile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932

11

0

Expanded collection 
ColombiaColombia, Bogotá, AGN, DAS Alphabetical Cards

1,316

0

Expanded collection 
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992

5,935

0

Expanded collection 
Costa RicaCosta Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975

2,130

0

Expanded collection 
CroatiaCroatia, Church Books, 1516-1994

28

0

Expanded collection 
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975

4,924

0

Expanded collection 
EcuadorEcuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011

3,089

0

Expanded collection 
El SalvadorEl Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977

1,286

0

Expanded collection 
FranceFrance, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1876

2,861

0

Expanded collection 
FranceFrance, Savoie, Parish and Civil Registration, 1500-1927

337,436

0

Expanded collection 
GuatemalaGuatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

1,002

0

Expanded collection 
GuatemalaGuatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

599

0

Expanded collection 
GuatemalaGuatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

4,278

0

Expanded collection 
GuatemalaGuatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994

16

0

Expanded collection 
HondurasHonduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968

170

0

Expanded collection 
ItalyItaly, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929

763

0

Expanded collection 
ItalyItaly, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942

960

0

Expanded collection 
JamaicaJamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880

21,889

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Chihuahua, Catholic Church Records, 1632-1958

3,515

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978

284

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970

1,071

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984

189

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979

375

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979

419

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970

2,871

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988

1,897

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977

40,098

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970

38,684

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Tamaulipas, Catholic Church Records, 1703-1964

49

0

Expanded collection 
MexicoMexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978

470

0

Expanded collection 
NicaraguaNicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960

434

0

Expanded collection 
PalauPalau, Church Records, 1921-1940

53

0

Expanded collection 
PeruPeru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992

8,540

0

Expanded collection 
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969

621

0

Expanded collection 
SlovakiaSlovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935

3,390

0

Expanded collection 
SpainSpain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985

39,903

0

Expanded collection 
UkraineUkraine, Lviv, Metrical Books, 1786-1937

491

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesAlaska, Village Census Rolls, 1919-1972

2,396

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesCalifornia, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994

175

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesFlorida Deaths, 1877-1939

3,624

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesMinnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975

17

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesTexas, County Deaths, 1860-2005

1,881

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesTexas, Gregg County, Marriage Records, 1873-2017

128,991

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesUnited States Census, 1840

59

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesUnited States Census, 1900

1

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesUnited States, Indexes to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers (NARA M629, M694, M872), 1784-1858, 1899-1901

49,921

0

New indexed records collection 
United StatesVirginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1949

1,284

0

Expanded collection 
United StatesVirginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901

10,607

0

Expanded collection 
UruguayUruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930

8,605

0

Expanded collection 
VenezuelaVenezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003

408

0

Expanded collection 
VenezuelaVenezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020

2,939

0

Expanded collection 
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Archdiocese of Harare, Church Records, 1897-2021

119,212

0

Expanded collection 
ZimbabweZimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973

37,835

0

Expanded collection 
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